re: *2024 ARKANSAS RAZORBACK SEC BASEBALL SEASON DONE* FIRE SOMEONE*

Fielding percentage up a bit after the weekend. Really need that to stay in the .970-.980 range.

Batting average up, team ERA down. Opponents BA down.

SEC Stats Ranking update, post weekend...

Batting avg
1. Alabama . 3 4 4
2. Texas A&M . 3 3 6
3. Georgia . 3 2 8
4. Vanderbilt . 3 2 7
5. LSU . 3 2 6
6. Tennessee . 3 2 4
7. Florida . 3 0 4
8. Mississippi State . 2 9 5
9. Arkansas . 2 8 9

Slugging pct
1. Georgia . 6 7 2
2. Texas A&M . 6 0 8
3. Tennessee . 6 0 8
4. Alabama . 6 0 1
5. Florida . 5 5 5
6. Auburn . 5 5 0
7. LSU . 5 3 2
8. Vanderbilt . 5 2 6
9. Ole Miss . 4 8 3
10. Missouri . 4 6 8
11. South Carolina . 4 4 8
12. Kentucky . 4 3 8
13. Arkansas . 4 3 8

Home runs
1. Georgia 3 0
2. Tennessee 2 6
3. Alabama 2 4
4. Florida 2 3
5. Ole Miss 2 2
Texas A&M 2 2
Auburn 2 2
8. LSU 1 8
9. Missouri 1 5
South Carolina 1 5
11. Vanderbilt 1 4
12. Arkansas 9

Earned run avg
1. Texas A&M 1 . 4 5
2. Alabama 2 . 2 5
3. Arkansas 2 . 4 5
4. South Carolina 2 . 6 6
5. Kentucky 3 . 0 6

Opposing bat avg
1. Arkansas . 1 7 4
2. South Carolina . 1 8 0
3. Texas A&M . 1 8 0
4. Alabama . 1 9 6
5. Tennessee . 2 0 7

Batters struck out
1. Arkansas 1 6 3
2. LSU 1 5 4
3. Mississippi State 1 4 4
4. Florida 1 3 5
Ole Miss 1 3 5

Batters SO out looking
1. Arkansas 4 5
LSU 4 5
3. Vanderbilt 4 3
Georgia 4 3
5. South Carolina 4 2

Fielding pct
1. Florida . 9 9 2
2. Tennessee . 9 8 8
3. Vanderbilt . 9 8 4
4. LSU . 9 8 3
5. Auburn . 9 8 2
6. Texas A&M . 9 8 1
7. Mississippi State . 9 7 6
8. Georgia . 9 7 6
9. Alabama . 9 7 4
10. Kentucky . 9 7 3
11. South Carolina . 9 6 9
12. Arkansas . 9 6 9

Errors
1. Ole Miss 1 5
2. Missouri 1 3
3. South Carolina 1 2
Arkansas 1 2
5. Kentucky 1 1

Passed balls
1. Ole Miss 4
2. Arkansas 3
3. Vanderbilt 2
Florida 2
Kentucky 2
Auburn 2
South Carolina 2

Weekend Starters Numbers through 3 Weekends

Hagen Smith
Innings: 13.0
Strikeouts: 31
Walks: 4
Hits: 5
Opp Batting Avg.: .114
Runs: 4
Earned Runs: 4
ERA: 2.77

Brady Tygart
Innings: 16.0
Strikeouts: 20
Walks: 5
Hits: 8
Opp Batting Avg.: .157
Runs: 2
Earned Runs: 2
ERA: 1.12

Mason Molina
Innings: 13.2
Strikeouts: 29
Walks: 5
Hits: 5
Opp Batting Avg.: .109
Runs: 3
Earned Runs: 3
ERA: 1.98

Notable Bullpen Arms

WIll McEntire
Innings: 17.1
Strikeouts: 18
Walks: 5
Hits: 11
Opp Batting Avg.: .180
Runs: 5
Earned Runs: 4
ERA: 2.08

Colin Fisher
Innings: 8.1
Strikeouts: 11
Walks: 2
Hits: 5
Opp Batting Avg.: .172
Runs: 1
Earned Runs: 0
ERA: 0.00

Koty Frank
Innings: 7.1
Strikeouts: 11
Walks: 1
Hits: 4
Opp Batting Avg.: .143
Runs: 2
Earned Runs: 1
ERA: 1.23

Gabe Gaeckle
Innings: 6.1
Strikeouts: 13
Walks: 3
Hits: 3
Opp Batting Avg.: .130
Runs: 3
Earned Runs: 3
ERA: 4.26

Any update on Stovall? Week 5 of his 4-6 week timeline.

And Stovall to be back in the next 2-3 weeks

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Carter is ahead of schedule in the rehabilitation from his surgery. He began a throwing program late last year and said in January he hoped to pitch this season for the Razorbacks.

Van Horn said Carter has seen an increased velocity to his pitches and is throwing 95 mph.

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Stovall might return to the lineup by the March 12 game against Oral Roberts or the March 15-17 series against Missouri, Van Horn said. He suffered a broken foot when he was hit by a pitch during a Feb. 5 scrimmage and recently was taken out of a walking boot.

Van Horn said Stovall has stood in against pitchers in the bullpen with a screen protecting his injured foot.

“Right now he can do just about anything,” Van Horn said. “He's fielding, he’s hitting. He just can't sprint and cut on the outside of that foot.

“When he comes back he’s going to really help our lineup. He'll be playing all the time every day.”

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Bybee has yet to pitch this season due to his mono diagnosis. Van Horn said he is nearing the end of a protocol for the illness and might be able to pitch against Oral Roberts next week.

Bybee was projected to be a key piece to the Razorbacks’ bullpen, perhaps as the No. 4 starter after a strong offseason. He was cleared to throw a bullpen Sunday, Van Horn said.

Left-hander Hunter Dietz is tracking toward an early-April return from a procedure last fall that addressed a stress fracture in his throwing elbow.

“This is a pitcher that could really help us at the end of the game,” Van Horn said.

Van Horn said left-hander Adam Hachman is still recovering from a torn UCL that required an internal brace operation last spring. Hachman was one of the Razorbacks’ top-rated signees in last year’s high school class.

“We’re not rushing that process at all,” Van Horn said. “We'll just wait and see how he feels. When he's ready to pitch, we'll pitch him.”

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I'd love to comment about our pitching staff, but the baseball gods are watching. I won't comment out of fear of reprisal.

Oh no, it looks like today is pinstripe debut.